Tories tell councils: hold build plans until election

Planning first target for new housing minister

The new shadow housing minister has slammed the government’s handling of planning reform in his first week in the job.

40,000 affordable homes target is dropped

The coalition government has dropped a target to build 40,000 affordable homes on public sector land.

Labour: workers to get social housing priority

The Labour Party is drawing up a national housing policy that will give people with jobs priority for a social home.

The difference a day makes

Miliband reveals thoughts on housing and localism

Labour leader Ed Miliband has slammed government plans to introduce fixed-term tenancies, in an exclusive interview about his housing plans.

Stuck in the mud

Despite the Localism Act being passed, the role LEPs can play in housing remains uncertain, says Liz Jenkins, partner, and Laura Coates, trainee, at Clyde & Co

Ageing sustainably

By 2020 China will have more than 260 million people over the age of 65. Here, Jess McCabe gets a glimpse at how the country plans to house some of them in a giant, retirement eco-city

Q&A: The Ecological Sequestration Trust

Eco-cities guru Peter Head has just left contractor Arup, where he headed an 800-strong global urban planning team, to set up a charity with the ambition to transform planning. Here he explains the thinking behind his latest project

Cheated out of their savings

Abusive financial practices targeting the elderly are on the rise, but so are measures to protect vulnerable housing association residents. Alex Turner reports

Tax break

Landlords can have their say on a new levy which could increase affordable housing provision, says Katherine Evans